Batty Burkina Faso has got nothing on this

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AT THE 1998 African Nations Cup in Burkina Faso, a journalist travelling between match venues had his journey interrupted by elephants invading the motorway. In town at the team hotels, giant fruit bats buzzed guests by the swimming pool at dusk, while one day the cast of vultures that circled Ouagadougou, the capital, disappeared simultaneously; which had to be bad news for somebody.

Still, the result is in and I have it here. Burkina Faso 1 Portugal 0.

Congratulations Uefa, this is the worst-organised event in the history of football. The third poorest country in the world has been beaten